Hasn't got the class of the SKS. Metro/euro puffery. Bet the replacements have more than one spring (not counting the bayo).
September 4, 2015 at 5:31 AM
Anonymous said...
Janes: "The classic version also comes in a parade rifle variant designed for the Polish Honour Guard Battalion (Batalion Reprezentacyjny), equipped with a 18-inch barrel designed for blank cartridges and a strengthened fixed buttstock with a steel stock.
The rifle is to be a successor of Soviet SKS carbines in use since the 1960s."
That means that only ""parade rifle version"" is a successor of SKS, not whole MSBS family. Poland never had more than 150-200 SKS rifles and only in Honour Guard Battalion. Present Polish service assault rifle is Beryl, the best and most modern assault rifle from AK family in the world.
September 4, 2015 at 9:09 AM
Anonymous said...
I don't know what Jane's is on about. The poles have had two service rifles since the SKS, both the tantel and the beryl ak derivatives had served for a time.
"A big step up from the old SKS. Fabryka Broni unveils full MSBS-5.56 rifle family."
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Hasn't got the class of the SKS. Metro/euro puffery. Bet the replacements have more than one spring (not counting the bayo).
September 4, 2015 at 5:31 AM
Janes:
"The classic version also comes in a parade rifle variant designed for the Polish Honour Guard Battalion (Batalion Reprezentacyjny), equipped with a 18-inch barrel designed for blank cartridges and a strengthened fixed buttstock with a steel stock.
The rifle is to be a successor of Soviet SKS carbines in use since the 1960s."
That means that only ""parade rifle version"" is a successor of SKS, not whole MSBS family. Poland never had more than 150-200 SKS rifles and only in Honour Guard Battalion. Present Polish service assault rifle is Beryl, the best and most modern assault rifle from AK family in the world.
September 4, 2015 at 9:09 AM
I don't know what Jane's is on about. The poles have had two service rifles since the SKS, both the tantel and the beryl ak derivatives had served for a time.
September 4, 2015 at 11:37 AM
Looks like someone ripped off the ACR design.
September 4, 2015 at 11:21 PM